artist: Psychic Baos
title: The Death of Bob Plant
format: C46 [TYPE I - pro-dubbed]
released: 04/05/13

Psychic Baos breathes fire and smashes bricks on NUH UH: Death of Bob Plant. Knoxville Tennessee’s wildest son has finally created his great ape-psych opus. With a Detroit-style heaviness too real to be denied, and vocals coming on like Peter Laughner with a dope-grin, this release delivers the ranting and screaming you crave.

Recorded to 4-track cassette at Knoxville’s Wild Chorus Studio, Death of Bob Plant is a truly raw nugget of psychedelic rock and roll, hazy with big studio reverb and lo-fi dementia. Line up for your dose in an edition of 100 cassettes. The hottest thing from south to come out on Magnetic South: Ladies and gentlemen, Psychic Baos!

Glossy b/w double-sided insert & pro-dubbed white cassette with black imprint inside clear hardshell case. Material repeats on both sides.

artist: Thee Open Sex
title: Self-titled
format: 12" vinyl record - black
released: 01/04/13

In 2013, after years in the midwestern freak scene pushing ear splitting cassettes, the rest of the Earth will discover Thee Open Sex. With their first proper full length, they approach the American alienation of Rocket From the Tombs as reductionists, aligning with German art rock robotics from the viewpoint of John Lydon.

While there’s a thousand bands mining the 70’s German minimalist psyche aesthetic, Thee Open Sex gets down on the Berlin street of Eno or Bowie as much as it explores Can's Inner Space. Songs come unhinged in the the cosmic pathways connecting the trance of Popul Vu, with Eddie Hazel's electromagnetism and the hypnotic thump of “Lust for Life.” The captivating aggression in vocalist Miss Mess suggests a spiritual depth while staying grounded on the planet where the Pagans and Dow Jones and the Industrials set up their amps. Her delivery emanates the bad-girl vibes of influential exploitation film “The Switchblade Sisters” instead of New Age ether.

Each of these songs were recorded at the all analogue Magnetic South studio in Bloomington, Indiana by John Dawson and Haley Fohr (aka Circuit des Yeux). Cover art from the mind of Mad Monk and Xerox the Kid.

12" record housed inside of black and white jacket with b/w insert.

artist: Circuit Des Yeux
title: CDY3
format: 10" vinyl record - black
released: 01/04/13

The cryptic vision of Circuit des Yeux becomes ever more formed with this minialbum. Whereas the oft solo Chicago-based Haley Fohr is backed with a tourlearned combo to push these three songs into maximal view then, off into obliteration. Yet, the focus remains Fohr’s haunted, mournful melodies, where the edges of her voice twist toward inner conflict and white light aggression, and intricate feedback architecture of her guitar playing.

In this near anthem rock mode the songs become a liberation from the cacophonous orchestrations fashioned throughout Symphone and Sirenum and the isolation of last year’s Portrait -- all full-lengths on the De Stijl label. The retelling of “I’m On Fire” and the new "Lithonia" are classic structures filtered through Fohr's Romantic spirit and an emotional weight not far from Catherine Ribeiro or Peter Jefferies. The B-side “Helen, You Bitch” is a smudged, concrète-purposed solo that builds with drums and more guitar until the end.

Recorded at the all analogue Magnetic South in Bloomington, Indiana, this 300 edition 10-inch is the studio’s first widespread release on its in-house label after previous titles from Apache Dropout, Learner Dancer and Tammar.

10" record housed inside of black and white cardstock foldover sleeve with b/w insert.

artist: Apache Dropout
title: Bubblegum Graveyard
format: C60 [TYPE I - pro-dubbed]
released: Summer 2012 [300 copies]

Traveling down the long road of Indiana's great & rich musical history will lead you past The Gizmos, The Zero Boys, Brad Long, Zerfas & eventually to Bloomington trio Apache Dropout. The band's self-titled 2011 album was a kick in the pants to everyone who dared cry that 'rock is dead,' infusing psych, garage, pop & boogie with enough soul & blood to pump a thousand hearts.

Pro-dubbed cassettes in clear shells with white imprinting and full color inserts.

artist: Crys / Learner Dancer
title: Split
format: C75 [TYPE II - pro-dubbed]
released: Summer 2012 [250 copies]

Split cassette from Indianapolis' premier squalor-psyche units. Joint venture between Magnetic South and Mediumship.

Pro-dubbed cassettes in clear shells with black/white paper labels and inserts on white cardstock with black printing.

artist: Apache Dropout / 3 Man Band
title: Soul Sucker / Owsley [in theory and practice]
format: 7" [stereo - random multi-color wax]
released: Winter 2011 [300 copies]

Record Store Day 2012 exclusive released on GloryHole Records.

Recycled multi-colored wax with black and white labels & full color insert.

artist: Apache Dropout
title: Do the Splendid Crown
format: 7" [mono - black wax]
released: Summer 2009 [420 copies]

First vinyl outing from Apache Dropout. A heavy dance number backed with a dark ballad reveals these weirdos at their rawest. Get it while you can.

Black vinyl with red and silver labels. Black ink on red cardstock insert, inside of thick paper foldover with handstamped art in dozens of colors.

artist: Various Artists
title: Fried Pies #3
format: C60 [TYPE I]
released: Winter 2012 [50 copies]

Fried Pies is a collection of wild 45's recorded direct to tape, entirely monophonic. Dig the sounds children. Volume #3.

Black cassettes with black/white paper labels and inserts on blue cardstock with black printing.

artist: Various Artists
title: Fried Pies #2
format: C60 [TYPE I]
released: Summer 2012 [50 copies]

Fried Pies is a collection of wild 45's recorded direct to tape, entirely monophonic. Dig the sounds children. Volume #2.

Black cassettes with black/white paper labels and inserts on orange cardstock with black printing.

artist: Various Artists
title: Fried Pies #1
format: C60 [TYPE I]
released: Summer 2012 [50 copies]

Fried Pies is a collection of wild 45's recorded direct to tape, entirely monophonic. Dig the sounds children. Volume #1.

Black cassettes with black/white paper labels and inserts on green cardstock with black printing.

artist: Birds of America
title: The Slow Wish
format: C30 [TYPE II]
released: Winter 2010 [100 copies]

Lo-fi solo recording project of artist Nathaniel Russel featuring members of The Impossible Shapes and Apache Dropout. Originally released in a limited run of 100 in 2010, we uncovered a few stray copies and are pleased to offer them up again.

Black cassettes with black printing on white paper labels inside multi-panel white cardstock insert with black printing.